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G. Ivan Maldonado; Anne M. Ahrens

exchanges with engineering staff; student summer, co-op/intern and full time employment) Ø Potential funding for new program initiatives Ø College Industrial Advisory Board component focusing on internationalization Ø Link faculty improvement leaves at foreign universities with international industrial partners to enhance faculty experienceConclusionsIt is with the above-noted infrastructure that the ISU College of Engineering plans toachieve its goals of enhancing internationalization among its faculty and students. Thepreliminary survey results demonstrate that strong support by the faculty exists forinternationalization efforts in the college. Also, the survey has provided some valuabledata for strategic and

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John Barrett Crittenden

older subject matter or failing to learn the newersubject matter could definitely limit the level of success.Initially, the students reacted negatively to the class format. Some were planning to use thesummer class as a time to “lay back”, relax, and enjoy life with occasional periods of panic whenrequired to study for a test. The unstated requirement to attend each class and to be extensivelyquizzed each day was not appreciated. The requirement to complete and understand thehomework each day without receiving any immediate reward for the work completed wasconsidered unduly demanding. But after about one week, the grumbling stopped, meaningfulquestions were asked, and each student seemed to make an effort to complete the homework andto

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Nancy White

negligently prepared plans andspecifications, and that negligence caused damage to the neighbors property. Sometime laterCase #2 arises. In Case #2 a general contractor sues an engineer for damages the generalcontractor suffered as a result of the engineer’s negligent preparation of plans and specificationsfor the owner. The general contractor will claim Case #1 is precedent for Case #2, and thereforethe general contractor can collect damages from the engineer. The engineer however mayconvince the court in Case #2 that the facts are sufficiently different so that Case #1 is notprecedent.This requirement, that the facts and the issues be the same in the two cases, allows for greatflexibility in the law. This flexibility allows the law to be tailored

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John Wiggins

ofTechnology (1981) as well as a Juris Doctor degree from the Seton Hall School of Law(1980). A licensed professional engineer and planner as well as admitted to the NewJersey State Bar, Mr. Wiggins has over 25 years of experience in the field of municipalengineering and infrastructure rehabilitation and planning Page 4.476.5

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Ron Goodnight; Thomas Zickel; Dennis O. Owen

what is to be learned, and (3) helpingthe learners to diagnose what they need to learn and why? Next, the process designers have totranslate the diagnostic results into learning objectives and assist the learners to develop alearning contract to accomplish the objectives. The designer must also determine how to besthelp each learner to carryout his/her plan and evaluate the results.An applicationThe Purdue University – Anderson site, being predominately adult learners with an average class Page 4.565.2size of sixteen, whenever possible, uses learning contracts in Computer Technology, ElectricalEngineering Technology and Organizational

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Anant Kukreti

equipment, and faster data acquisition systems.An "erector set" concept was followed in the development of test models, so that students canvary model properties without fabrication of new components. Equipment and procedures weredeveloped for experimentation on free vibrations of one and two degrees of freedom systemswith various types and degrees of damping, response of these systems to base motion, andeffects of various base isolators on these models. Two undergraduate students assembled,debugged, and conducted these tests and generated a step-by-step manual to make theexperimental work easier for subsequent students. Lessons learned in the development of thislaboratory and its use by students, and the future use planned are also addressed in

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Prawat Nagvajara

more complicated monorail andmost complicated elevator control problems. We plan to have these virtual experiment softwareapplications available on our FTP site in the near future.Bibliography1 Beehive Technologies Inc., URL http://www.bzzzzzz.com2 F.G. Martin, The Handyboard Board Technical Reference, URL http://lcs.www.media.mit.edu/groups/el/projects/handy-board/3 J. Bhasker, VHDL Primer, Third Edition, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1999.4 Scriptics Inc., URL http://www.scriptics.com and http://www.tcltk.comPRAWAT NAGVAJARAPrawat Nagvajara is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Drexel University. He is aneducator in Computer Engineering including Top-down Digital Design, Hardware Description Languages

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J. Michael Doster

can be configured to run in a batch/post processingmode, allowing students to individually access the simulation software, or in a dedicated modein which real time interaction with the software is possible. In the dedicated mode, the simulatoroperates as a normal training simulator where output is provided as both plant mimics and realtime traces of plant parameters. Long term development plans for the simulation laboratoryinclude the development of a “virtual” control room, which in addition to the educationalopportunities would provide a research platform for the development of advanced controlsystems, man-machine interfaces and advanced control room designs.Bibliography1. K. O. Pasamehmetoglu et al., “TRAC-PF1/MOD2 Theory Manual,” LA

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Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

resolved.International engineering education must evolve and mature in the near term as part of asystemic plan for bi-national economic development. International engineering education Page 4.59.3can not be placed out of the radar screen without risking increasing gaps on competencies ininternational communication, international teamwork and international manufacturing in thenext generation of engineering graduates.While before the 1990’s international education has grown substantially in areas of business,culture, tourism, health and agricultural aspects among others; however that has not been thecase for international engineering undergraduate education. The

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John I. Hochstein; E. H. Perry

requisite knowledge or skill? DCTcan provide clear evidence that every student successfully completing a course has acquired aspecified ability. Careful curricular planning can produce a set of competencies that, when takenin the aggregate, provide proof of a demonstrated educational outcome for every student.Returning to the metaphor of a building, DCT can produce the essential building blocks todemonstrate that program objectives are being achieved.Another fundamental shift embodied by EC2000 is a new focus on the “process” of education. Itis no longer adequate to document the educational experience provided by a program. Tosuccessfully pass an EC2000 review, the program must demonstrate that processes are in place topursue continuous program

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Naseem Ishaq; Salahuddin Qazi

all higher education institutions in the U.S. plan 7to offer distance education courses .V. Distance EducationDistance education takes place when a teacher and a student are separated by physical distanceand instructional gap is often bridged with a technology like voice, video, data and print. It is Page 4.201.4not a new concept and was pioneered by Stanford University in the USA, more than 30 yearsago in response to Silicon Valley’s demand to educate high-tech engineers and computerscientists. Soon after the Open University of United Kingdom was chartered in 1969, and iscurrently one of Britain’s largest

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J. Hardwick Butler; Burton Courtney

andpotential surveyors throughout Georgia. This presentation will discuss the major aspects of thecurrent program and the potential for applying the same practices to meet the needs of othernon-traditional students.I. IntroductionOver the past few years, educators in all areas of the U.S. have sought innovative ways tointegrate rapid technological advances in computers and communications with traditionalmethods of instruction. Thanks to the foresight, planning, and financial support of GeorgiaState government officials, the University System administrators and college officials, MiddleGeorgia College has been provided the resources needed to provide distance learningopportunities to residents all across the State of Georgia. In this presentation, the

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Winston F. Erevelles

assessment using the project evaluation matrix that addressesresearch questions, performance criteria, implementation strategies, assessment/evaluationmethods, timelines, and audience dissemination (4).Once the project description has been developed a plan of attack and a timeline are essential forgood project management. Regular communication on a weekly or other pre-determined timeinterval must be conducted using a variety of media. This is needed and involves allconstituents for purposes of project updates, periodic reports, exception handling, and focus/re-direction if necessary. Formative and summative assessments must be conducted to assess theimpact of the project over its lifecycle. The final stage involves the preparation of a

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T. Scott; John P. O'Connell

several NSF Engineering Coalitions, there are only a few computer-orientedmaterials and no experiments in this subject.This paper describes our workshop content, philosophy, and execution. Some activities arediscussed in detail and we review part of the assessment information obtained from studentevaluations. Finally we discuss our plans for modifications and improvements of experimentsfor the first engineering thermodynamics course.II. Some Challenges to Learners and Teachers in the First Thermodynamics CourseAs in most schools, our first thermodynamics course follows basic physics and chemistry takenby all undergraduate engineers. It precedes, or sometimes accompanies, courses introducingstudents to their major discipline, especially in

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Allen Leybourne

intensive well-organized trial at American Telephone andTelegraph, many things were tried to make employees feel better about their jobs, many ofwhich the reader might guess. Among these were: reduced hours and longer vacations,increased wages, better benefit packages, profit sharing and better training, communications,planning and job participation. These efforts met with limited or even questionable success. Asurvey was conducted to determine what factors affected job satisfaction. The factors foundincluded: accomplishments of the employee, true (not contrived) recognition foraccomplishments, increased responsibility resulting from achievements, opportunity to grow inknowledge and task competence and the chance for advancement.What environment

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Roger Ruggles

Page 4.12.3methods used to implement the equations with the data available. Information collectedfrom the field with surveying instruments was provided to the students in order todevelop input values for the program. Typical results obtained from the secondlaboratory of this block are shown in Figure 2 and Table1. The resulting depth of flowand flow velocity information obtained from this computer simulation were used asconstraints in the design project. 0 Figure 2: Stream cross section at point of monitoring device placement.Plan: Plan 01 Reach: gopher Riv Sta: 2 Profile: 1 10/6/98W.S. Elev (ft) 310.23 Element

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Phillip Farrington; Mel Adams; Mary Spann; Dawn R. Utley

is a member of ASEE, ASEM, and IIE.MEL ADAMS is Senior Research Scientist in the Center for Automation and Robotics at the University ofAlabama in Huntsville. He has a Ph.D. in management from the University of Tennessee and consults withFortune 500 and high tech new ventures on strategic planning, implementation and business development.His research focuses on managing strategic change, technology commercialization and entrepreneurship.MARY S. SPANN, a Senior Research Scientist in the Center for Automation and Robotics at theUniversity of Alabama in Huntsville, received her Ph.D. in management from the University of Tennessee.She consults and researches in the areas of strategic planning, business development, technologycommercialization

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Sima Parisay

received considerable positive feedback from students. One suchtype of assignments was to write a report for a manager, who is not familiar with OperationsResearch (OR), explaining the output of the Quant software on different OR problems. Studentswere not allowed to use the terms specific to the OR field. They had to explain the situation andprovide comments. Based on students’ feedback, this was an excellent exercise in criticalthinking, communication skills, and writing a report.A team project was assigned with the intention to improve students’ communication skills(teamwork, preparing professional report, and planning), as well as dealing with a more complexcase and applying software.Students were required to prepare a portfolio from the

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Akihiko Kumagai; Mukasa Ssemakula

simulation project integrating the concepts covered in the earlier modules. The firstdelivery of this course is planned for Fall 1999.I. IntroductionThe traditional kinematics course at a typical American university or college is aimed atmechanical engineering students whose primary interest is design. If not properly structured forthe non-mechanical engineering major, it can be a very intimidating experience that discourageslearning by the student. In addition to the material itself being intellectually demanding, it isfrequently taught in a lecture format with little opportunity for active student participation orexperimentation. Consequently, students often find it difficult to make the connection betweenthe theoretical concepts covered in the

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Juan Andrade; Ana Cabrales; Veronica Martinez; Sheng-Jen Hsieh

. Figures 3and 4 show the basic components provided by Fischertechnik and a constructed scale model of acargo crane.3.0 AS/RS Model DesignThe development of an AS/RS model can be divided into three stages: planning, preliminarydesign/testing, and final design/evaluation.3.1 PlanningIn the planning stage of this study, the scope and scale of the problem were investigated. Inaddition, a preliminary study of the problem was conducted. A typical AS/RS system consists ofthe following components: storage structure, storage/retrieval (S/R) machine, storage modules(e.g., pallets for unit loads), and pickup-and-deposit stations. The primary issue was to whatdegree the AS/RS model should mimic the real system. After careful consideration, the

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William Swart

leader. Page 4.371.5The projects, or tasks that faced us cut across the entire college. Although the departmentprovides an administrative home for each faculty member, departmental boundaries were notallowed to define the limits of action. Faculty from many departments were joined together toform project teams, or taskforces to plan and implement the tasks identified in the prior sections.Most of these cut across departmental lines. Faculty who participated in these taskforces weregiven direct responsibility for completing the tasks and achieving the objectives set for them. Ina way, these taskforces became miniature and temporary departments

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Patricia Click

course that would pay attention both to therole of technology in the tumultuous years leading up to the war and to the significance oftechnology during the conduct of the war. Choosing topics was a priority, but I also wanted todesign a course that would help students develop their skills in critical thinking. In addition, thecourse had to satisfy the general requirements set out in my department’s guidelines for our 200-level courses. Although I have not yet taught this course, I have spent a lot of time planning it.This paper describes my journey.II. Course Audience and RequirementsRealizing that any course that I designed--no matter how wonderful it happened to be--would bea failure if it did not meet my department’s guidelines for such

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Charles Slivinsky

student assessments of theclassroom teaching materials and presentations on a lecture-by-lecture basis.I. IntroductionThe author began studying multimedia systems techniques several years ago to support the firstelectrical circuits course in electrical engineering. The next eight sections below discuss thestatus and plans for the suite of techniques that have been or are being developed. The finalsection gives the lessons learned to-date and the conclusions. The remainder of this sectiondescribes the circuits course.Enginr 124 is a three-credit, three-lecture-per-week course on circuit analysis that coverstraditional material and uses a standard text.1,2 The course description is shown in Table 1. Thissingle course serves both EE majors and other

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Raymond Berg; Homayun K. Navaz; Brenda S. Henderson

compressible flow topics receive limited coverage in the core junior-level fluidmechanics course, we found it necessary to spend more time on lecture in prerequisite topicreview than originally thought. This problem is being addressed through a planned majorrevamping of the core fluid mechanics and heat transfer courses, which will allow greatercoverage of compressible flow topics prior to students entering this advanced elective course.Most of the initial student goals were met at the completion of the course. Most of the studentswere capable of using CFD codes as a modeling tool, generating computational grids and postprocessing the numerical results. They required some guidance while completing the laterprojects due to their nature and the limited

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Phylis Katz; Howard A. Canistraro; Ann Lankford; Joan Dannenhoffer; Janice Girouard

and their chosen careersFor the College: *Develop more committed learners in diversified programs; instill loyalty to the college, and develop respect and appreciation of others. *Motivate students to become more active in planning their education and broadening their cultural perspectives.Since the course is required of all freshmen at Ward College (approximately 75/year), three sectionsare ordinarily offered each fall. This has the advantage of keeping the class size relatively small.Under the revision, it was agreed that all three sections would use the revised curriculum and a teamteaching format would be used. Each team would consist of a faculty member and a staff member. Inan effort to involve as many

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Amir Salehpour; Vijay Subramanian

, it is an overview of our entire experience. This partforms the factual information that is included here. Secondly, we hope that the discussions thatfollow the information will guide future doctoral students to plan their own mentoring programs.Introduction to PFF:Preparing Future Faculty is a national program that presents a new approach to graduateeducation. The program, called as Preparing Future Faculty, is designed to encourage thedevelopment of new approaches to the graduate education of future professors. It was developedby the Council of Graduate Schools and the Association of American Colleges and Universities;and funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts. Its aim is two-fold: to help prepare graduate studentsfor the vital

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Michael Ruane

intuitive user interface. Finally students mustdevise a control plan to navigate a rally course in the lobby of the engineering building. The"final exam" is their rally performance.IntroductionHelping freshman engineering students become familiar with the “real world” practice ofengineering while meeting heavy first-year curriculum requirements has been a continuingchallenge1,2. At Boston University this problem is addressed with a required 4 credit course,"Introduction to Engineering", organized as two half-semester modules. The course is offeredeach semester to half of the freshmen class. The other half takes a required course onengineering computation. Typically 8-12 faculty from the College's four departments offermodules. Other recent modules

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Suzanne D. Bilbeisi; Camille F. DeYong

short answer section of the application form was also very critical to theselection process. This section included questions on topics such as their future plans, whatinterested them about engineering or architecture, and what female role model they admired andwhy. The longer essay was also a determining factor; this essay asked them to describe whythey wanted to attend the academy, and how they felt it would affect their future.Introductory activitiesThe academies were carefully organized with a balance of academic, career guidance and socialactivities. Initial academy activities were devoted to fostering the group cohesiveness necessaryfor a successful academy. This was accomplished through the use of small group introductionactivities the

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Richard B Cole; Charles V. Schaefer; Bernard Gallois; Keith Sheppard

(U.S.) Inc, Towson, Maryland.used in the design and manufacture of a product. Product dissection is exploited to evaluate howothers have solved design problems. Development of competencies in professional practicetopics is started, primarily: effective group participation, project management, engineering eco-nomics, and communication skills. These competencies are developed throughout the design-course sequence.Format and SupportEach class session, of which there are 6 throughout the week, includes two 24-student sectionseach of which has an instructor who is an adjunct faculty member and an undergraduate (peer)teaching assistant. In addition, a course coordinator (regular faculty) and a graduate teaching as-sistant offer planning and support

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Raffaello D'Andrea

: November 23, 1998 The design was finalized, including schematics and mechanical drawings. The plans for one of the robots created in Pro\ENGINEER may be found in Figure 3.5. Simulation Game: March 1, 1999 A competition between Team Brazil and Team Italy was held on the high fidelity simulation to test the AI, filtering, trajectory generation, and feedback control algorithms. The feedback obtained from this competition is being used to refine the AI, and resolve open issues. A simulation game is being held every two weeks until the complete system is operational. A snapshot of the simulation game may be found in Figure 4.6. Commence Final Integration: March 1, 1999 The team of robots is being assembled and the system tested and